Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

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Map of the TTPI from 1961

The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. The Imperial Japanese South Seas Mandate had been seized by the U.S. during the Pacific War, as Japan had administered the territory since the League of Nations gave Japan a mandate over the area from Imperial Germany after World War I. However, in the 1930s, Japan left the League of Nations and invaded additional lands. During World War II, military control of the islands was disputed, but by the war's end, the islands had come under the Allies' control. The Trust Territory of the Pacific was created to administer the islands as part of the United States while still under the auspices of the United Nations. Most of the island groups in the territory became independent states, with some degree of association kept with the United States: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau are independent states in a Compact of Free Association with the U.S., while the Northern Mariana Islands remain under U.S. jurisdiction, as an unincorporated territory and commonwealth.

HistoryEdit

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Arrival of UN Visiting Mission, Majuro, 1978. The sign reads, "Please release us from the bondage of your trusteeship agreement."

Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI">Encyclopædia Britannica: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</ref> Subsequently, Germany established competing claims over the islands.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI" /> The competing claims were eventually resolved in favor of Germany when Spain, following its loss of several possessions to the United States during the Spanish–American War, ceded its claims over the islands to Germany pursuant to the German–Spanish Treaty (1899).<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI" /> Germany, in turn, continued to retain possession until the islands were captured by Japan during World War I.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI" /> The League of Nations formally placed the islands in the former South Seas Mandate, a mandate that authorized Japanese administration of the islands.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI" /> The islands then remained under Japanese control until captured by the United States in 1944 during World War II.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica TTPI" />

The TTPI entered UN trusteeship pursuant to Security Council Resolution 21 on July 18, 1947, and was designated a "strategic area" in its 1947 trusteeship agreement. Article 83 of the UN Charter provided that, as such, its formal status as a UN trust territory could be terminated only by the Security Council and not by the General Assembly as with other trust territories. The United States Navy controlled the TTPI from a headquarters in Guam until 1951, when the United States Department of the Interior took over control, administering the territory from a base in Saipan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Territory contained 100,000 people scattered over a water area the size of the continental United States. It was subdivided into six districts and represented a variety of cultures, with nine spoken languages. The Pohnpeians and Kosraeans, Marshallese and Palauans, Chuukese, Yapese and Chamorros had little in common, except they were in the same general area of the Pacific Ocean.<ref name=rd>Template:Cite news</ref>

The large distances between people, the lack of an economy, and language and cultural barriers all worked against the union. The six district centers became upscale slums, containing deteriorated Japanese-built roads, electricity, modern music, and distractions, which alienated youth and elders. The remainder of the islands maintained their traditional way of life and infrastructure.<ref name=rd/>

In the late 1960s, the U.S. opposed the idea of eventual independence. Instead, they aimed for some form of association, perhaps with Hawaii. They estimated that perhaps 10-25% of the population favored independence.<ref name="Lal2006">Template:Cite book</ref>

A Congress of Micronesia first levied an income tax in 1971. It affected mainly foreigners working at military bases in the region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands District.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Security Council formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990, pursuant to Security Council Resolution 683.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On May 25, 1994, the Council ended the trusteeship for the Palau District pursuant to Security Council Resolution 956, after which the U.S. and Palau agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GeographyEdit

In 1969, the 100 occupied islands comprised Template:Convert over an area of Template:Convert of sea. The latter area was comparable in size to the continental United States.<ref name=time/> The water area is about 5% of the Pacific Ocean.

DemographicsEdit

The islands' population was 200,000 in the latter part of the 19th century.Template:Citation needed The population decreased to 100,000 by 1969 due to emigration, war, and disease. At that time, the population inhabited less than 100 out of 2,141 of the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline Islands.<ref name=time>Template:Cite news</ref>

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EducationEdit

In 1947, the Mariana Islands' Teacher Training School (MITTS), a normal school serving all areas of the Trust Territory, opened in Guam.<ref name=WuerchBallendorfp91>Wuerch, William L. and Dirk Anthony Ballendorf. Historical Dictionary of Guam and Micronesia, 1994. Template:ISBN, 9780810828582. p.91.</ref> It moved to Chuuk in 1948,<ref name=GoetzfridtPeacockp190>Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. and Karen M. Peacock. Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations'. p. 190.</ref> to be more central in the Trust Territory,<ref name=WuerchBallendorfp91/> and was renamed Pacific Islands' Teacher Training School (PITTS).<ref name=GoetzfridtPeacockp190/> It transitioned from being a normal school to a comprehensive secondary school, so it was renamed the Pacific Islands Central School (PICS). The school moved to Pohnpei in 1959.<ref name=WuerchBallendorfp91/> It was a three-year institution housing students who graduated from intermediate schools.<ref name=UN1961p137>Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, 1961. p. 137. "The Pacific Islands Central School is the only public senior secondary school of the Territory. Students selected for further training after graduation from the district intermediate schools may attend the Pacific Islands Central School for three additional years of education."</ref> The school, later known as Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS),<ref>"TITLE: Pohnpei Island Central School : (papers, articles, etc.). Template:Webarchive"</ref> is now Bailey Olter High School.<ref name=FSMschools>"Higher Education in the Federated States of Micronesia Template:Webarchive." Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia Washington DC. Retrieved on February 23, 2018. "Bailey Olter High School (former PICS) P.O. Box 250 Kolonia, Pohnpei FM 96941"</ref>

Palau Intermediate School, established in 1946, became Palau High School in 1962 as it added senior high grades.<ref name=about>"About Template:Webarchive." Palau High School. Retrieved on February 22, 2018.</ref> From the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, several public high schools were built or received additions in the Trust Territory. They included Jaluit High School, Kosrae High School, Marshall Islands High School in Majuro, Palau High, PICS, and Truk High School (now Chuuk High School). The Micronesian Occupational College in Koror, Palau, was also built.<ref>Compact of Free Association in the Micronesian States of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of State, 1984. p. 36. "From the late 1960s to mid-1970s, the major high school complexes throughout the Trust Territory were constructed: notably,[...]additions to the Ponape High School[...]"</ref> It later merged with the Kolonia-based Community College of Micronesia, which began operations in 1969, into the College of Micronesia-FSM in 1976.<ref name=Thomasp91>Thomas, R. Murray. "The U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia)" (Chapter 3). In: Thomas, R. Murray and T. Neville Postlethwaite (editors). Schooling in the Pacific Islands: Colonies in Transition . Elsevier, January 26, 2016. Template:ISBN, 9781483148557. Start: 67. CITED: p. 91.</ref>

Current statusEdit

Following the termination of the trusteeship, the territory of the former TTPI became four separate jurisdictions:

Sovereign states in free association with the United StatesEdit

The following sovereign states have become freely associated with the United States under the Compact of Free Association (COFA).

Template:Flag – established 1979, COFA effective October 21, 1986
Template:Flag – established 1979, COFA effective November 3, 1986
Template:Flag – established 1981, COFA effective October 1, 1994

Commonwealth in political union with the United StatesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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BibliographyEdit

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External linksEdit

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Photos from the records of the Trust Territory Government
1967 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Census Geography Template:Webarchive
United States Code: CHAPTER 14 – TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT Template:Webarchive, Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia As Amended (2003) (pdf, archived from the original on 2003-10-05)

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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Contents

HistoryEdit

GeographyEdit

DemographicsEdit

EducationEdit

Current statusEdit

Sovereign states in free association with the United StatesEdit

Commonwealth in political union with the United StatesEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

BibliographyEdit

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